The government says it wants a million homes built in
England by 2020. The National Housing Federation estimated 974,000 homes were
needed between 2011 and 2014. But figures from 326 councils showed only 457,490
were built. Housing minister Brandon Lewis said the government aimed to see one
million new homes over this Parliament, but Labour said the Tories had failed
on housing. In 2012, the government introduced changes to the National Planning
Policy Framework, aimed at making the planning process simpler and quicker.
Some 240,000 planning applications have been given detailed permission in 2014
compared with 158,000 in 2011. Read more on the BBC website.
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